Buckle-loop



G. 1%. KELSEY. Buckle-Loop.

No. 227,541. I Patented May 11,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. KELSEY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,541, dated May 11,1880.

Application filed February 27, 1880.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. R. KELSEY, of

.West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new Inlprovement in Buckle-Loops; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification.

Figure 1' shows the loop as applied to the suspenderend; Fig. 2, theblank from which the loop is formed; Fig. 3, section showing the loop asprepared for attachment; Fig. 4, transverse section attached to thesuspenderend; Fig. 5, longitudinal section.

This invention relates to a loop for attaching suspenderaends to thebuckle, the object being to form the loop and the clasp which engagesthe Suspender-ends in a single piece; andthe invention consists in theconstruction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in theclaim. 7

From sheet metal a blank is cut, as seen in Fig. 2, the ring-shaped partA forming the loop to the plate part B, to clasp around thesuspender-end. The part B has atransverse rib, a, raised upon theinside, and the loop part A may be struck into a concavo-convex shape,so as to strengthen the loop. The part B is then struck into segmentshape longitudinally, as seen in Fig. 1, but U shape transversely, asseen in Fig. 3, so as to permit the suspenderend to be laid therein.Then the edges of the tubular part are brought together and closedaround the suspender-end. The rib a, impressing itself into the materialof the suspenderend, forms a lock to prevent the movement of the endlongitudinally.

I claim The herein-described buckle-loop, consisting of the loop A andplate B, in one and the same piece, the plate B constructed with thetransverse rib a, and curved longitudinally and bent transversely, so asto inclose the suspender-end, substantially as described.

GEO. R. KELSEY. Witnesses H. V. KIMBERLY, G. N. BARDIN.

